The Water Quality Association has elected Richard Mest of Master Water Conditioning Corp., Pottstown, PA as association president. The election took place at the WQA Aquatech USA convention in Indianapolis earlier this month.

Mest received the association’s WQA Key Award in 2011, for his leadership in the water quality and treatment industry, and his service with various associations, local civic and community activities.

“We are an industry dedicated to providing consumers with vital information and the highest quality products, as well as protecting the public interest, and I am proud to be part of that tradition,” Mest said.